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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Apr 30, 2017 15:34:06 GMT
So the preview. Eh. Pass. Personally, I thought it was a fun preview. Still not impressed by Nicholas Briggs' Ninth Doctor though, and some of the phrases were odd ('she closed her nostrils'? 'You're angry that you're not angry'?)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2017 15:55:59 GMT
This is one time I'll be listening to a preview, you never know it might actually change my mind about buying this . I'm doing exactly the same, it didn't.
Ditto. Sometimes I don't mind being wrong, unfortunately the preview just confirmed how poor I thought this release would be. I hope this does well for BF, but it's not for me. 😔
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Post by Zagreus on Apr 30, 2017 16:20:06 GMT
I rather liked the preview. Was exactly what I was expecting, so, kudos for me I guess
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Apr 30, 2017 16:31:19 GMT
I have problems wrapping my head around the Companion Chronicles plus style of the Early Adventures storytelling and based on the preview that is what this is. So just not for me.
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Post by sherlock on Apr 30, 2017 16:34:49 GMT
Found the preview a bit meh really. The narration style grew on me as it went on and wasn't too bad. Nick's ninth Doctor is not the best, but not awful. Think I'll decide whether to get this based on reviews.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2017 16:43:46 GMT
Hmm. I realised at the end of the preview that I'd stopped paying attention a few minutes in. Not a good sign.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Apr 30, 2017 17:53:26 GMT
Found the preview a bit meh really. The narration style grew on me as it went on and wasn't too bad. Nick's ninth Doctor is not the best, but not awful. Think I'll decide whether to get this based on reviews. I wonder why they didn't just get Bruno Langley and Camille Coduri to do the narration?
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Post by Zagreus on Apr 30, 2017 18:02:53 GMT
Found the preview a bit meh really. The narration style grew on me as it went on and wasn't too bad. Nick's ninth Doctor is not the best, but not awful. Think I'll decide whether to get this based on reviews. I wonder why they didn't just get Bruno Langley and Camille Coduri to do the narration? Cost, Time, Vocal Range, familiarity with doing that sort of thing already, could be any number of reasons.
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Post by mbt66 on Apr 30, 2017 18:17:52 GMT
It is very good of Big Finish to give us a decent preview. It does help to make up your mind if you are unsure about a new release.
I wasn't overly excited by the prospect of these Doctor Chronicles with Nine, Ten and Eleven.
Havinfpg listened I personally found that the Ninth Doctor sounded too much like a caricature for my liking, however I am looking forward to hearing how Nick does the other two Doctots.
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Post by acousticwolf on Apr 30, 2017 18:29:18 GMT
Listening to the podcast and find it interesting that both Nick and Benji felt the need to stress they aren't recasting Nine... Feeling the pressure a bit? Only heard the trailer but not impressed so far. Being from "up t'North" I take great exception to a bad interpretation of my accent. Unfortunately Nick's is bad and has so far taken me out of the story already. I think I would have preferred it if he just read the lines (as Ian McNeice did in the Churchill chronicles). I'm sure the stories are great but don't try and do the voices Nick . I will listen to the 15 minute preview at the end for fairness. Cheers Tony EDIT: Finished the preview... Er, no. Even without the accent, the story didn't grip me and I really don't care what happens next. The completist in me says I have to get it... but for the first time I am passing on a DW release
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Apr 30, 2017 18:35:10 GMT
I wonder why they didn't just get Bruno Langley and Camille Coduri to do the narration? Cost, Time, Vocal Range, familiarity with doing that sort of thing already, could be any number of reasons. Cost - Would Bruno Langley and Camille Coduri really cost that much to hire? Time - Understandable with Bruno Langley because I believe Corrie is a 9 to 5 job every weekday, so he probably doesn't have a great deal of free time to spare. Not sure how busy Camille Coduri is. Vocal range - Camille Coduri is brilliant. Bruno Langley is probably one of the strongest soap actors. I don't see any problems there. Familiarity - I doubt Bruno Langley has dine any audiobook readings. Not sure about Camille Coduri. Out of those I think time and familiarity are probably the most likely reasons.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Apr 30, 2017 18:44:10 GMT
Cost, Time, Vocal Range, familiarity with doing that sort of thing already, could be any number of reasons. Cost - Would Bruno Langley and Camille Coduri really cost that much to hire? Time - Understandable with Bruno Langley because I believe Corrie is a 9 to 5 job every weekday, so he probably doesn't have a great deal of free time to spare. Not sure how busy Camille Coduri is. Vocal range - Camille Coduri is brilliant. Bruno Langley is probably one of the strongest soap actors. I don't see any problems there. Familiarity - I doubt Bruno Langley has dine any audiobook readings. Not sure about Camille Coduri. Out of those I think time and familiarity are probably the most likely reasons. You are speaking of things of which you have no knowledge of.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Apr 30, 2017 18:46:44 GMT
Cost - Would Bruno Langley and Camille Coduri really cost that much to hire? Time - Understandable with Bruno Langley because I believe Corrie is a 9 to 5 job every weekday, so he probably doesn't have a great deal of free time to spare. Not sure how busy Camille Coduri is. Vocal range - Camille Coduri is brilliant. Bruno Langley is probably one of the strongest soap actors. I don't see any problems there. Familiarity - I doubt Bruno Langley has dine any audiobook readings. Not sure about Camille Coduri. Out of those I think time and familiarity are probably the most likely reasons. You are speaking of things of which you have no knowledge of. We're fans. That's what we do.
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Post by Zagreus on Apr 30, 2017 18:47:37 GMT
Cost, Time, Vocal Range, familiarity with doing that sort of thing already, could be any number of reasons. Cost - Would Bruno Langley and Camille Coduri really cost that much to hire? Whatever the cost, it would almost certainly be more than just using Nick, who's already on the payroll. Remember, BF aren't made of money, they've cited not enough return on investment as reasons for cancelling recent ranges like The Novel Adaptions. Was more talking scheduling, which again, isn't really an issue if they use Nick. I'm not super familiar with their other works, so I can't really comment, but them being in other roles doesn't really tell me anything about them being able to do distinct voices and accents and such for other characters. Not all actors can do that. David Warner and David Collings, for instance, tend to read everyone the same in the audiobook readings they've done for the series, and they're both phenomenal performers. They're just not great at this particular thing. And Nick Briggs has done quite a few. But, at the end of the day, we're just speculating. Only BF know what the actual reasons are.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2017 18:49:10 GMT
Cost, Time, Vocal Range, familiarity with doing that sort of thing already, could be any number of reasons. Cost - Would Bruno Langley and Camille Coduri really cost that much to hire? Time - Understandable with Bruno Langley because I believe Corrie is a 9 to 5 job every weekday, so he probably doesn't have a great deal of free time to spare. Not sure how busy Camille Coduri is. Vocal range - Camille Coduri is brilliant. Bruno Langley is probably one of the strongest soap actors. I don't see any problems there. Familiarity - I doubt Bruno Langley has dine any audiobook readings. Not sure about Camille Coduri. Out of those I think time and familiarity are probably the most likely reasons. Camille has done a ninth doctor audiobook so has some experience in narrating and voicing other characters. I haven't got it though so don't know if she was actually any good at it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2017 18:54:02 GMT
To ne honest it wasn't the ninth doctor voice that I found off-putting, it was the amount of narration rather than performance going on. It felt like there was much more than in Early Adventures or Companion Chronicles, with even fairly obvious things being described, and time taken detailing minutiae. It was lime a weird cross between an audiobook and a full cast.
I wonder if the long gap between this and the next one is because they see this as somenthing of an experiment and might tweak the style for future sets.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Apr 30, 2017 18:58:48 GMT
Cost - Would Bruno Langley and Camille Coduri really cost that much to hire? Whatever the cost, it would almost certainly be more than just using Nick, who's already on the payroll. Remember, BF aren't made of money, they've cited not enough return on investment as reasons for cancelling recent ranges like The Novel Adaptions. True, but I imagine the new series makes more money than the Novel Adaptations did. The extra cost would be worth it in the end. That's a good point. Bruno Langley's 9 to 5 job on Corrie would make it harder for them to schedule audio recordings with him. No reason why it couldn't be more of a Companion Chronicles release to accommodate this. That's true. I find him a very compelling reader.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Apr 30, 2017 18:59:50 GMT
Cost - Would Bruno Langley and Camille Coduri really cost that much to hire? Time - Understandable with Bruno Langley because I believe Corrie is a 9 to 5 job every weekday, so he probably doesn't have a great deal of free time to spare. Not sure how busy Camille Coduri is. Vocal range - Camille Coduri is brilliant. Bruno Langley is probably one of the strongest soap actors. I don't see any problems there. Familiarity - I doubt Bruno Langley has dine any audiobook readings. Not sure about Camille Coduri. Out of those I think time and familiarity are probably the most likely reasons. Camille has done a ninth doctor audiobook so has some experience in narrating and voicing other characters. I haven't got it though so don't know if she was actually any good at it. Do we know if Bruno Langley has too? As I say, I doubt it but I could be wrong.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Apr 30, 2017 19:00:03 GMT
You are speaking of things of which you have no knowledge of. We're fans. That's what we do. No. As fans we speculate about what things mean and would it not be cool is this or that happened. Speculating on business matters which you are not privy to as a way to try and prove a point you are trying to make is not what fans do.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Apr 30, 2017 19:02:43 GMT
We're fans. That's what we do. No. As fans we speculate about what things mean and would it not be cool is this or that happened. Speculating on business matters which you are not privy to as a way to try and prove a point you are trying to make is not what fans do. I know nothing about business. I wasn't trying to make out I did.
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